Facilitators

Eleanor Dobbs

Eleanor is the illustrator of over 50 books for children. Winner of English Award for best children’s book and passionate about encouraging fellow illustrators to open up to the pleasure of making work for children. She teaches and is a multidisciplinary artist which helps her to see the benefits of coming to illustrative solutions through many creative channels. In 2023 Eleanor was awarded the Gibraltar Cultural Ambassador Award by the Ministry of Culture and is proud to connect Gibraltar to an international audience through her work as an artist and children’s book creator. eleanordobbs.com

Sarah Odedina

Sarah is Editor-at-Large for Pushkin Press in London. She is a publisher with over 30 years experience and was the Publishing Director of Bloomsbury Publishing children’s list. She has worked with some of children’s literature’s most outstanding authors including Neil Gaiman, Louis Sachar, J K Rowling and Celia Rees. Sarah is also a director of Accord Literary, an organisation focused on mentoring authors based in sub-Saharan Africa and helping them bring their stories to a world wide audience. https://www.accordliterary.co.uk

Ken Wilson Max

Ken is an author, illustrator and designer as well as the publisher of Kumusha, an imprint of HarperCollins UK. Ken’s many wonderful books for children are published around the world. Ken is also a Patron of the Jericho Prize as well as a Director of Alanna Max Publishing. http://kenwilsonmax.com

Victoria Wells Arms

Victoria Wells Arms is a literary agent based in North America. Having begun her career as an editor at Dial Books for Young Readers and moving on to G P Putnam’s Sons and Bloomsbury USA Victoria transitioned to agenting and handles a list of wonderful authors and illustrators creating books for young readers of all ages at H G Literary in New York. Victoria has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and is a member of the AAR, PEN America and SCBWI. hgliterary.com